The attributes have such a small effect outside of requisites that it's barely worth even questioning, but does anyone know what Cunning even does in that regard? It mentions Critical Damage, but I have no idea what that even means in Elex 2. There are no critical hits as far as I'm aware.

It also mentions Outlaw Chem Capacity, but such a thing doesn't even exist in Elex 2 afaik. As an Outlaw, I can gobble up chems with no real limit except running out of chems.

You do extra damage against enemies who have been knocked over. Maybe it's that?

It's hard to tell what does what in the skills and stats. A lot of stuff was copy pasta'd from Elex 1 even though it's irrelevant or doesn't exist in Elex 2.

Honestly, I enjoy being in the game world a great deal, but it feels like the game was put together by a team of 5 teenagers. I realize PB isn't very big, but Elex 2 just depresses me more, the more I play it.

That's not a direct answer to your question, and I'm sorry, but I had to let you know a lot of descriptions in Elex 2 are invalid, irrelevant, or just plain incorrect, based on anecdotal experience and perusing the skill listings and what they do.